Theme for this year’s Senior Day at the Ionia Free Fair is ‘Passport to the World’

Senior Day registration deadline of July 16 is coming fast

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By Staff Reports

Ionia Sentinel - Standard-Ionia, MI

By Staff Reports

Posted Jul. 5, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Updated Jul 5, 2013 at 9:58 PM

By Staff Reports

Posted Jul. 5, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Updated Jul 5, 2013 at 9:58 PM

IONIA, Mich.

A fun-filled Senior Day at the Ionia Free Fair will provide an entire day of activities for area seniors on July 22.

In order to ensure that everyone can participate in all that is planned, seniors are reminded to make their reservations for the day by calling the Ionia County Commission on Aging at 616-527-5365 by July 16.

“We want to invite all members of our senior community to attend Senior Day,” said Bill Weisgerber, a member of the Senior Citizens 2013 Planning Committee, composed of agencies and people who provide services to area seniors.

An early continental breakfast will be served before the program gets underway at 9 a.m., with lunch service beginning at 11:30 a.m. A minimal charge of $1 will be charged for lunch when seniors register for the event.

The day, themed “Passport to the World,” will include grounds tours on the Ionia Free Fair trolleys, a special senior show by the Page Circus performers and a musical presentation by The Vintage Group, a repeat of last year’s successful and popular presentation.

In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Bubbles the Clowns will offer face painting and balloon hats. There also will be table games and a scavenger hunt.

There is no charge for parking. The fair parking lot reserved for seniors is located between the M-66 pylons and the entrance to the Grand River boat launch. There they will be greeted by their Ionia Free Fair trolley driver from the Ionia Farm Power Club, who will use an antique farm tractor to pull the trolley for the trip from their cars to the event site, located directly behind the flower building in the Governor’s Day celebration tent. Return trips from the event to the parking lot are scheduled throughout the day.

In addition Ionia Dial-A-Ride will be operating their demand-response transportation to provide rides from seniors’ homes to the Ionia Free Fair parking lot and back. The Dial-A-Ride phone number for pick-up times is 616-527-4000

The Senior Citizens 2013 Planning Committee has been meeting since last March to plan this year’s Senior Day. This year will be the ninth year for this program.

Senior Day is sponsored by the Ionia County Commission on Aging and the Ionia Free Fair Association, with help from a number of friends.